Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rārangi
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. In the statistical area around Rārangi, 9 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 902 consents we hold in Rārangi, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Rārangi’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough District, the last five years.
Since 1991: houses and everything else
New homes consented each year, houses against townhouses, flats, units, apartments and retirement village units. The most in one year was 487 in 2007.
New homes in Rārangi
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Rārangi sits in (Tuamarina) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 2 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Marlborough District, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Rārangi
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 902 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- Alterations and additions34
5 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Fires and heating27
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Garages, sheds and carports19
2 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- New homes10
4 in the last 12 months · typically $515k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $13k
- Pools and spas5
typically $11k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.7m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $18k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $200k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.3mRbw - construction of four two-storey detached dwgs, each comprising four bedrooms, 2.5 to 3 bathrooms, a kitchen, dining area, living room, sitting area, laundry & an internal gge. The work 24 Ngaio Street
- $850kNew dwg, boat shed & swimming pool 8 Edgewater Place
- $529kDwg & solid fuel heater 317 Rarangi Beach Road
- $500kNew dwg plus kiwispan shed 61 Edgewater Place
- $245kRbw - build a new single storey dwg, including 2 bedrooms, 1 study, 1 bathrm, living, dining, kitchen & private drainage. 11 Ngaio Street
902 consents
- Alterations and additions$90k
Bdrm alterations & bathrm upgrades
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing wagener sparky solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$49k
Demolition of existing gge. Erection of new proposed outbuildings
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Proposed wc add & walk in shower to existing bathrm.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Replace existing septic tank with aerated treatment septic tank
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$40k
Wastewater system
- New homes$245k
Rbw - build a new single storey dwg, including 2 bedrooms, 1 study, 1 bathrm, living, dining, kitchen & private drainage.
- New homes$529k
Dwg & solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Garages & or shed
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Alt.2 foundation has been sighted in the wrong location. Amendment was to detail the required fire walls as to close to the existing house (new triplex to
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$850
Alt to existing laundry to install a new toilet. Work detached dwgs
- New homes$500k
New dwg plus kiwispan shed
- Alterations and additions$15k
Ensuite renovation, & bath renovation. Detached dwgs
- New homes$850k
New dwg, boat shed & swimming pool
- Alterations and additions$100k
Internal dwg alterations
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing metro wee rad leg solid fuel heater
- Multiple homes$2.3m
Rbw - construction of four two-storey detached dwgs, each comprising four bedrooms, 2.5 to 3 bathrooms, a kitchen, dining area, living room, sitting area, laundry & an internal gge. The work
- Alterations and additions$20k
Reinstate fire damaged dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Bathrm alterations
- Fires and heating$2,955
installation of a solid fuel heater & a sea zone flue system (escea tfs650)
- Alterations and additions$106k
Dwg relocation
- Garages, sheds and carports$56k
Gge with attached awning
- Alterations and additions$200k
Internal dwg alterations - alterations to dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Wastewater system
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$10k
Free-standing warmington studio solid fuel heater
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rārangi?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.